Schedule at a Glance
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Planning is now underway for the third Techs In Paradise event, a gathering of advanced networkers from around the world.  Anchored by the 25th Meeting of APAN and the Winter 2008 Internet2/ESNet Joint Techs Workshop, the TIP2008 event will provide a rare opportunity to bring together the North American and Asia-Pacific advanced networking communities for a week of meetings, workshops, collaboration, conversation and fellowship.

In addition to APAN Meeting and the Joint Techs,  additional TIP2008 meetings already confirmed include IEEAF, TransPAC2, Net Gurus, NOAA NAT and the Hawaii Intranet Consortium (HIC).  

For attendees in telecommunications, the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) will hold its annual conference, PTC'08, in Honolulu the week before TIP2008.  PTC is the premiere and longest running annual telecommunications event in the Pacific Basin, gathering together thousands of members of the broader ICT community.

Meeting details TIP2008 programs are now evolving at a rapid pace so please continue this site freqently for the latest updates. You can also learn what the event will be like by viewing past details from the Techs In Paradise 2004 and Techs in Paradise 2001 events.

Registration

On-line registration for ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs Workshop, APAN meeting, ESCC meeting and Network Performance Workshop is now available on the Joint Tech website. Click here for registration information and conference fees.

Accommodations

TIP2008 room blocks are now available two locations. Participants can choose to stay in rooms along the world-famous Waikiki Beach or the highly affordable East West Center Housing adjacent to the meeting site. To get more details and book accommodatations for either location, please click on the MORE DETAILS link.

Bus Schedule for TIP2008

Daily meeting transportation will be provided each morning and afternoon from Sunday, 20 January 2007 and continuing throughout the week until Friday, 25 January 2007. Please visit the Joint Tech Workshop website for details about the shuttle schedule.

Invitation Letters for Visas

If you require an invitation letter to attend these meetings, please fill out the form located at:

http://www.hawaii.edu/tip2008/invitations/

Please include with your full name with saluation (Dr., Mr., or Ms.), job title, organizational affiliation, complete mailing address, phone/fax numbers and visit dates to be used in your invitation letter. Please also include a short description of what specific role (speaker, workshop instructor, workgroup leader, attendee) you will have during the meetings. You may provide any additional information that you believe may help the visa application process.

Travel Discounts

Please visit the Joint Tech Workshop website for information about air travel and car rental discounts.

Visitor Information

Visit the TIP2008 local support and logistics web page for more information on topics such as transportation, driving directions, parking, network access, campus maps, meeting location, etc. Or you may email the local host team if you have further questions about your visit to Hawaii.

Visit to Mauna Kea and other informal discussions

Alan Whinery, Chief Internet Engineer for the University of Hawaii has set up an informal discussion board for TIP2008 attendees that are interested in visiting the Mauna Kea summit on Saturday, 19 January 2008. The deadline for joining the Mauna Kea Group is Wednesday, 19 December 2007. For more details, logon to http://www.mickeydustspeck.com/visit/

Sponsorship

Although TIP2008 is not planning a formal exposition, there are many sponsorship opportunities.  If your organization would like to project a favorable presence at this influential leading edge international networking event, contact <david@hawaii.edu> or call +1 808 956-3501.

Hawaii Intranet Consortium Member Meeting: 17-18 January 2008

Members & Invitees Only
contact: Masa Matsuoka

The Hawaii Intranet Consortium (HIC) is a consortium of government organizations (primarily US DoD) in Hawaii that work together to leverage infrastructure and reduce overall costs. Strategies include maximizing local peering and sharing high-bandwidth links where appropriate.

Network Performance Workshop: 18-19 January 2008

open meeting - registration required
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contact: Susan Evett

The Internet2 Network Performance Workshop is a 1.5-day workshop that provides attendees with a working knowledge of how to quickly identify and solve common host configuration and network performance problems. The workshop provides information on installing and using a variety of open-source performance tools, experience in interpreting the tool results, and introduction to methodologies for using a combination of tools to solve real-world problems. Upon completion of this workshop, attendees will be able to: (1) differentiate between host configuration and network infrastructure problems, (2) setup and operate the various servers, (3) assist end-users in using these tools to effectively report problems, and (4) understand how to use these tools for long-term monitoring activities.

Dynamic Circuit Network Workshop 1: 18-19 January 2008
Dynamic Circuit Network Workshop 2: 24-25 January 2008

open meeting - registration required
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contact: Susan Evett

At two separate DC Network Workshops, one before (1/18-19) and one after (1/24-25) the main Joint Techs Workshop, participants will construct a working network that allows end systems to allocate dedicated VLAN network resources across multiple administrative domains. Day 1 focuses on basic concepts as well as control plane design and implementation topics. Day 2 addresses inter-domain DC provisioning, with a case study of the Internet2 DC Network integration and international peering issues. Upon completion of this workshop, attendees will be able to design and implement a GMPLS-based DC network on their campus. Registration is limited to 16 participants for each workshop.

CAIDA/WIDE Workshop: 19-20 January 2008

Members & Invitees Only
contact: kc claffy, Kenjiro Cho, Bill Manning

CAIDA, the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis and the consortium of Japanese research organizations and companies working to establish a Widely Integrated Distributed Environment will be doing a joint workshop at TIP2008. The objectives of informal joint CAIDA/WIDE workshops are:

* to discuss Internet measurement analysis activities going on in each organization;
* to explore opportunities for joint collaboration on projects;
* to continue data exchange.

Internet Educational Equal Access Foundation Board Meeting: 20 January 2008

Board Members and Invitees Only
contact: john.charles@csueastbay.edu

The Internet Educational Equal Access Foundation was established to accelerate the growth of Internet2 and Next Generation Internetworking to enable and stimulate the rapid expansion of collaboration among educational institutions across the world. It will cultivate and promote practical solutions to delivering scalable, universally available and equitable means of access to suitable bandwidth and the network resources in support of these collaborations by creating frameworks and alliances among universities, educational leadership groups and key providers of tecommunications facilities, capacity and co-location facility owners and operators.

ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs Workshop: 21-23 January 2008

open meeting - registration required
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Since 1998 the Joint Techs Workshop have drawn together advanced networking engineers featuring tutorials, presentations, Birds-Of-a-Feather meetings, in-depth technical sessions and demonstrations of state-of-the-art high-performance networking technologies. The 2008 Hawaii Joint Techs Workshop is the third event co-sponsored internationally to bring together the North American and Asia-Pacific advanced networking community. The Winter 2008 ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs Workshop Agenda is now available.

Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) Meeting: 23-25 January 2008

Open meeting - Registration required
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The Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) is a non-profit international consortium established on 3 June 1997. APAN is intended to be a high-performance network for research and development on advanced applications and services. APAN provides advanced networking environment for research community, and promotes international collaboration.

ESnet Site Coordinating Committee (ESCC) Meeting: 23-24 January 2008

Members & Invitation Only - registration required
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contact: Russ Hobby, W. Scott Bradley

The ESnet Site Coordinating Committee (ESCC) advances the planning, development and implementation of the needed networking and collaborative infrastructure to support ESnet Community programatic goals. The January 08 Meeting Agenda is now available.

TransPAC2 Meeting: 24 January 2008

Invitees Only
contact: william@indiana.edu

TransPAC2 is a high-speed international Internet service connecting research and education networks in the Asia-Pacific region to those in the US. TransPAC2 furthers National Science Foundation (NSF) efforts to provide fundamental network infrastructure to support international e-science collaborations among researchers worldwide and is the 5-year continuation of the highly successful TransPAC project. TransPAC2 is part of the NSF's International Research Network Connections (IRNC) program.

ALSO OF INTEREST:
Pacific Telecommunications Conference: 13-16 January 2008

Open meeting - Registration required

Visitors able to make extended visits to Hawaii may also wish to attend the 2008 Pacific Telecommunications Conference 13-16 January. PTC is the largest annual telecommunications event in the Pacific rim.  The theme for PTC'08, Telecom with Vision, will focus on the dramatic impact of interactive video and user-created content on telecommunications networks, markets and regulatory policy throughout the Asia-Pacific regions and around the world.

Last Updated: 20 January 2008
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